"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."

It would be a hasty move. Although it didn't work out, I don't think any other GM could have orchestrated trades for Nash and Dwight.

Maybe they should focus on improving their scouts because they've never been that good bolstering the roster with role players. And they'll need to with only 8 players (assuming Dwight re-signs) signed and very little money to work with next year.

The hot seat should be for the fool making all the bad choices. Jim Buss has chosen awful coaches that are ill suited for this roster. We all heard the interview; the guy is delusional and would do us all a favor if he just quit and handed the reigns to his sister.

The hot seat should be for the fool making all the bad choices. Jim Buss has chosen awful coaches that are ill suited for this roster. We all heard the interview; the guy is delusional and would do us all a favor if he just quit and handed the reigns to his sister.

As much as it pains me to say this, Mitch should pay as well. The team screamed for bench players and defensive players, yet we went for all the same. Keeping Pau was a mistake. Mitch should have realized that. And I don't even want to talk about the draft picks we have conceded...

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in Buford or Presti's office. They gotta be laughing pretty hard at all this. I would have never traded with Jerry West as a GM because I know he is smarter than me and not a linear thinker. Mitch, to put it nicely, doesnt scare me so much.

it will be the stupidest move !! mitch planned it right, no one expected this epic fail ... if there was something to blame is not hiring phil, if he didn't want to coach or had demands then i don't see why the fo didn't say that..

Mitch has to take a lot of the blame, but to his credit, he did try to get Chris Paul, trade Pau, and get younger. When Stern nuked that trade, all hell broke loose making the Mitch try to start over and figure everything out again. That's a monumental task. Getting players at the lowest price was their mission and they did that, with Jamison and Meeks. Unfortunately, these guys are total trash. Lakers really did not have many options. Were they handcuffed? Or simply lazy?

They worked so hard on the Dwight trade, I'm sure they were strapped on time for other players. I have to wonder if Rudy Tomjanovich has been giving some bad consulting to Mitch.

But, a lot of the problems stem from coaching.

A big problem is that the bench is awful, as usual, and there is no depth at 1 and 2.

If you're going to run an offense that relies on the guards, you have to teach them to run an offense with confidence. Duhon and Morris took a combined two shots in the Raptors game. Your point guards have to be able to score. Also, running an offense that relies so much on a 38 year old point guard is absurd.